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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6148Right Development of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
  • Charles W. Eliot
  • 1904
  • 14
  • 1 book
Right Development of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6148   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles W. Eliot
Date:
  • 1904
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 ELI
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
3582Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
...Topographic map of eastern part of Mount Desert Island (Frenchman Bay to Somes Sound)...
  • Edward L. Rand, Waldron Bates, Herbert Jacques
  • 1896, 1901
  • 2 copies
  • paper
  • first map is brittle. It has been repaired, but is still tearing due to brittleness. Second map is very brittle and breaks when touched. It was taken out of an acidic wooden frame.
Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 3582   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Edward L. Rand, Waldron Bates, Herbert Jacques
Date:
  • 1896, 1901
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0029 ELR
Location:
  • 5F8
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • first map is brittle. It has been repaired, but is still tearing due to brittleness. Second map is very brittle and breaks when touched. It was taken out of an acidic wooden frame.
Description:
...Topographic map of eastern part of Mount Desert Island (Frenchman Bay to Somes Sound)...
1989Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
  • 9/4/1904
  • 2 books
Three Hundredth Anniversary of Discovery and Naming of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1989   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 9/4/1904
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0502
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Medium:
  • 2 books
Description:
...Booklet of the 300th Anniversary Service of the discovery and naming of Mount Desert Island by Samuel De Champlain held at the Union Church of Northeast...
6103Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
  • 1906
  • 1 book
Memorial of Champlain Discoverer of Mt. Desert, 1604-1904
Item:
  • 6103   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Object, Site Marker, Monument
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 719 MEMORIAL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Grey booklet about the memorial to Samuel de Champlain, discoverer of Mount Desert Island...
6549Valuation Book for the year 1900 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1900
Valuation Book for the year 1900 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6549   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1900
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B1
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6550Valuation Book for the year 1901 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1901
Valuation Book for the year 1901 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6550   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1901
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B1
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6551Valuation Book for the year 1902 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1902
Valuation Book for the year 1902 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6551   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1902
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B2
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6552Valuation Book for the year 1903 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather NB the spine is damaged/6" length is broken off
  • 1903
Valuation Book for the year 1903 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6552   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1903
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B2
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather NB the spine is damaged/6" length is broken off
6553Valuation Book for the year 1904 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x16.75 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1904
Valuation Book for the year 1904 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6553   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1904
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B3
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x16.75 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6554Valuation Book for the year 1905 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x16.75 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1905
Valuation Book for the year 1905 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6554   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1905
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B3
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x16.75 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6555Valuation Book for the year 1906 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.75 x 17 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1906
Valuation Book for the year 1906 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6555   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B4
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.75 x 17 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6556Valuation Book for the year 1907 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20 x 15 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1907
Valuation Book for the year 1907 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6556   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B4
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20 x 15 x 1.75 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6557Valuation Book for the year 1908 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20 x 15 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1908
Valuation Book for the year 1908 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6557   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1908
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B5
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20 x 15 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6558Valuation Book for the year 1909 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 19.75 x 14.75 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1909
Valuation Book for the year 1909 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6558   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1909
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2B5
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 19.75 x 14.75 x 2 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
5015Otter Creek looking northeast
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • 1907
  • 1 photograph
Otter Creek looking northeast
Item:
  • 5015   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1407
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
5300Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
...Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock...
  • early 1900's
Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5300   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • early 1900's
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1719
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock...
2070Eben Hamor's Record Book
  • Document, Report
  • Organizations
  • Places, Town
...Copy of the organizations and proceedings of the Plantation of Mount Desert as recorded by Eben Hamor...Desert Record Book". From original in Raymond Strout Collection. Scanned is also an excerpt of "The Oath of Allegiance" from 1789...
  • 1900
  • 217
  • photocopy
Eben Hamor's Record Book
Item:
  • 2070   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1900
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0584
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 217
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
...Copy of the organizations and proceedings of the Plantation of Mount Desert as recorded by Eben Hamor...Desert Record Book". From original in Raymond Strout Collection. Scanned is also an excerpt of "The Oath of Allegiance" from 1789...
2696Petition to widen Main Street, 1906
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Town of Mount Desert
  • 1906
  • 1
  • Petition
Petition to widen Main Street, 1906
Item:
  • 2696   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Town of Mount Desert
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 11
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • Petition
7391Joy Building, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
People outside the Joy Building in Northeast Harbor, "Northeast Harbor Laundry - Manchester Bros."
  • 1904
  • Main Street
  • 1
  • paper mounted on board
  • fair
Joy Building, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 7391   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Main Street
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2196
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper mounted on board
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
People outside the Joy Building in Northeast Harbor, "Northeast Harbor Laundry - Manchester Bros."
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
Item:
  • 7052   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1907
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 POP
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 58
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)

File Attachment:
SCB 974.1 POP.pdf
…Captain John Smith until the arrival of reinforcements fi-om England but even then, only a year and eight months after spirit of ; the northern colony deserted …The " Fair English town " too " of fifty houses, with its church and fort mounted and entrenched " has dwindled to fifteen buildings of all kinds, the
2262Northeast and Seal Harbor
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Places, Town
Photo booklets of Northeast and Seal Harbor, ca. 1900s Red and tan paper booklets with photographs and narratives. See also photo 0372 - Item 4362
  • ca. 1903
  • 2 booklets
  • fragile
Northeast and Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 2262   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • ca. 1903
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0786
Location:
  • General Collection Box 24
Pages:
  • 2 booklets
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Photo booklets of Northeast and Seal Harbor, ca. 1900s Red and tan paper booklets with photographs and narratives. See also photo 0372 - Item 4362
1589Road from Somesville to Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Road
Handwritten description/survey of the road, currently Route 198, between Somesville and Northeast Harbor for the Board of County Commissioners.
  • 1909
  • 25
  • fair
Road from Somesville to Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 1589   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Date:
  • 1909
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0101
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 25
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Handwritten description/survey of the road, currently Route 198, between Somesville and Northeast Harbor for the Board of County Commissioners.
4867Echo Lake from Beech Cliffs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
View of Echo Lake taken from Beech Cliffs. Clearly visible are Acadia Mountain and St. Sauveur, Somes Sound in the distance.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1900's
  • 1 panoramic photograph
Echo Lake from Beech Cliffs
Item:
  • 4867   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1900's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1221 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 panoramic photograph
Description:
View of Echo Lake taken from Beech Cliffs. Clearly visible are Acadia Mountain and St. Sauveur, Somes Sound in the distance.
5373Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
B/W stereoview of Somes Sound with one schooner in distance. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5373   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Heywood
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1790 b
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W stereoview of Somes Sound with one schooner in distance. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5504Northeast Harbor Panoramic Postcards
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
a: Northeast Harbor Fleet and walkway to Smallidge Point. b: Showing the harbor view from Spurling & Ladd boat slip c: Showing the Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) viewed from the Clifton Hotel. Dock is active with people and horses. d: From Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) of a variety of boats in the harbor. e: Asticou Mountain (Eliot Mountain) of the harbor and village in Northeast Harbor. Several village of Northeast Harbor. A few cottage sites are identified. f: Northeast Harbor Swim Club with a canoe in the pool and a large number of people surrounding it. g: Looking across Somes Sound from Indian Head. h: Toward Somes Sound and Flying and Acadia Mountains from "Westover" on Schoolhouse Ledge. The "Disston Bungalow" is the Corson Farm before it was moved. Tilton Cottage is also identified. i: Somes Sound from Flying Mountain. Eagle Lake can be seen in the center. The upper road on the east shore of the Sound was abandoned in the 1930's. j: Northeast Harbor Belle Smallidge Collection
  • Knowles Company
  • ca. 1900
  • 10 panoramic postcards
Northeast Harbor Panoramic Postcards
Item:
  • 5504   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1881
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 10 panoramic postcards
Description:
a: Northeast Harbor Fleet and walkway to Smallidge Point. b: Showing the harbor view from Spurling & Ladd boat slip c: Showing the Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) viewed from the Clifton Hotel. Dock is active with people and horses. d: From Spurling & Ladd boat slip (Clifton Dock) of a variety of boats in the harbor. e: Asticou Mountain (Eliot Mountain) of the harbor and village in Northeast Harbor. Several village of Northeast Harbor. A few cottage sites are identified. f: Northeast Harbor Swim Club with a canoe in the pool and a large number of people surrounding it. g: Looking across Somes Sound from Indian Head. h: Toward Somes Sound and Flying and Acadia Mountains from "Westover" on Schoolhouse Ledge. The "Disston Bungalow" is the Corson Farm before it was moved. Tilton Cottage is also identified. i: Somes Sound from Flying Mountain. Eagle Lake can be seen in the center. The upper road on the east shore of the Sound was abandoned in the 1930's. j: Northeast Harbor Belle Smallidge Collection [show more]